Two DTES Groups Pull Out of Missing Women Commission
Calling inquiry a ‘sham’, women’s organizations granted full standing quit, vow protest.
By Angela Sterritt, TheTyee.ca
Families and friends of the murdered and missing women burn sage and march through the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver B.C., 2010. Photo bynofutureface
Two leading Vancouver Downtown Eastside women’s groups have withdrawn from the B.C.’s Missing Women Commission, calling it a “sham inquiry.”
The Women’s Memorial March Committee (WMMC) and the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC) — granted full standing as a single participant — released a media statement this morning saying they will not be endorsing nor participating in the Pickton Inquiry.
“We have been raising awareness on this issue for over 20 years and demanding an inquiry for decades, but this sham inquiry is flawed and unjust. We cannot endorse it,” states Carol Martin, victim services worker at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. more>> The Tyee
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- Tagged: DTES, lgbt, missing women, women's rights
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